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KDE Langen2KVTML Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

KDE langen2kvtml is prone to an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error that causes the application to fail to verify the existence of a file before writing to it.

An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that activates the vulnerable application.







 

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